Washing implement.



W. F. CAULEY.

WASHING .IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7. I916.

1,271,852.. Patented July 9,1918.

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTGE.

WILLIAM F. CAULEY, OF WADE, MISSISSIPPI.

WASHING'IMPLEMENT.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9,1918.

Application fi led March 7, i916. Seria1No.8 2,677.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM F. CAULEY,"

a citizen of the United States, residing at lVade, in the county ofJackson and State of Mississippi,- have invented certain new.

anduseful Improvements in Washing Implements,of which the following is aspecification. r V

This invention-relates to improvements in washing'implements.

The principal object of the invention isto' provide an implement of thischaracter which will include a pair of "suction cups so arranged thatone may act as a pivot for the other-so thatthey may be rocked.

Another object of the invention isto provide a washing implement of thischaracter which will'be easy of operation, the same being so constructedas torelievestrain due to the fact that the cups do not have to belifted clear of the Water in order to break the partial vacuum therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide suction cupshaving-openings therein to permit of ingress of'air to break the partialvacuum and to provide means to cause the air to take a tortuous path inits flow to the cups so that the partial vacuum may be prolonged.

A further ob ect of the. invention is to provide in any implement ofthis character means to pound the articles to be washed during operationof the implement.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel features 1 of construction, combination and arrange-- ment of myinvention 1 and2 designate apair of substantially frusto-conicallyshaped hollow suction cups which are connected in spaced relation bymeans of brackets 3, a

plurality of these brackets being providedwherebyfthecups are held inrigid relation and to provide means whereby an operating handle,indicated at 4 may be applied to the implement foroperatmg the same.'Eachof' the cups 1 and 2 is of a similar construction. It is thoughttherefore that a detail description of but one, together with'its methodof operation in connection with the other will" suffice for both.

o The lower ends of each of the cups are open and the edges thereof arerolled so as to provide smooth surfacesfor engagement with thearticlesto be washed and to prevent cutting or fraying of the same. Intermediatethe upper and lower ends .of the cups a horizontally extending partition5 is provided. This partition is provided 1 with a flange 6 forengagement with the inner wall of the cup, whereby the same may berigidly secured therein. This partition is the cup and is provided witha plurality of openings 7 arranged near its edge and'in spaced relation.A central opening is prooutwardly bulged toward the upper end of videdin this partition which communicates with the upper open end of asubstantially horizontal frusto-conically shaped member '8, the saidmember 8 being extended-downwardly relative to the partition andterminating slightly short of the lower open end of the cup 1. The lowerend of this member of the member and which has formed there.- in aplurality of spaced openings 10.

' is closed by means of a partition 9 which is inwardly bulged towardthe upper open end Fo'rmed on or secured to the outer lower end of themember 8 is the lower end ofa cup member 11 which has its side walls extended upwardly and outwardly relative to 'the'member 8 and abuts withthe under face of the partition 5 to which it is secured in any suitablemanner: Th1s cup member-1s provided adjacent its lower edge in the sidewalls thereof with a plurality of spaced openings 12, these openingsbeing disposed below similar openings '13 in the side walls of themember 8. o

The upper end of the cup 1' is closed as indicated'at 14k and thisclosed upper end has secured thereto upon its inner face the upper endof a frusto-conically shaped member 15 which has its lower end abuttingwith the partition 5, to which it is secured in any suitable manner.This second frusto-conical member 15 is centrally arranged within thecup and hasits lower end open so as to be in communication with theupper open end I of the member -8. Openings 16 are formed in the sidewalls of the member 15 intermetion ciup through the openings 17 findsiits Way downwardly through the conically diate its ends and theseopenings are arranged slightly 'abovesin'iilar openings 17 in the sidewalls of the cup.

From the construction described it will be noted that the handle 4L maybe grasped and swung laterally so that one of the. cup

wardlyint'o engagement with awet garm t to be washed, it is obvious themovement the will be rapidQ "rheb ewer portions of t11e;.s rienflquwhich, above specified, it IS -mg H QI EPJ HY.dQW Wm' W 1 PI' T ,form,the partial acuum, by causing a I' ar e,-' ,fiLClZlOIl of the airtherein als a result, a

duoe poundin g action-for assisting in cleansl ereby l It is, of coursefobviou s that'the wet garmentwill veryiflergible and as a'result whenthe suction ing tie articles Pounded cup and'partitio nengagethe'garmeiit it will a er qe e vln l159th? h effl M 1 nor of thegparticular cup engaging the garv meet; 44 i i i th ar ent will" icklpass up in between the 'exterior'ot the cup 11 of the particularsuctioncup 1 and the. interior of the suction cup, thus forcing the H air from}between thesev elements either through openingsl2 or around under thelower end oit' thev suction cup. 'lhe a r-will also be forced fromundertho partition 0, constituting a partial'vacu-um at this point,

since the openings 10 are in the plane below the m .er.,.12Qrt 9fv t rart qn I ever, 'the' greater partial A vacuum is formed 7 at this timeabove the openings 1'2 and between the cup and'the suction cup, Thispartial vacuum between the latter mentioned elements is caused by 't hequick movement of the garment up a in between these elements, thus ca sn hei r to, be a a y nd very. qui kly. exp lled. F A e 12 u r fe ed. tomoves downwardly,it is'obvious the e X p iepifie l i i feueh h 111 3,9136, ings will permit the water in the vessel in which ther as in impemen is p s e that ,wheir the suction cup is moved up= Wardly, it willrequire some'little time before the waterfis expelled and the, air whichis passing into the upper portion of thesuc shaped members to the spacebelow the partiadjaoent As will be noted, the partial vacuum, caused bythe rarefied air within the to it's' 'low'e i'" portion will break thevacuum e 139E 1 ,thegarment to fall from engagement'with said cupba'ckinto the vessel in which the Washing implementis being oscillated v ,3

In this oonnection,lspecial attention is,di-

.-. .1., f. hej t ehearse se med yeryrapidlyand tor this reason thegarment Will bea ereed, in a dly 1 bet e .v he. sucti on cup and the cupmember very quickly i to expel the air and water therefrom,- to

q upwa tslmorem nt 0. v t par ,offth v up wil dra the gar ent. p f yi asl g t dista ce b fore he e nter n bf he i re k l he Part al y uum- T ltw ll be noted that theentire stress is not brought,

to ar-upo the p r ie ,3 a b tw nthe cup" 1- e he. cup n emb r. 11.-

,/ ab zthe epe illg's. 2.1.,

m the. t r ge ngides tiption takeni n connection with'the accompanyingdrawings .it is ;,t ho 'gh. ha he c ns ucti n a d 019:: ,eration of theimprovedwashingimpleinent will be clearly understood, and while I have Iherein. s wn a d e edone specifi em-i bodiment of" my invention do notwish to be limited the e oexsepti r u limi atwns V as thelcla'ims mayimpart I cla m;

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1. In a washing implement, a pair of main H cup members,rconnectionsibetween saidmem-j bers, a-handle mounted in said'connections,

;a' curved partition po'sitioned transversely ,in. each cup member, afrustoconlcal mem-' ber depending from-each partition and hav ing anopenupper end forming a Central and the Shore or the inain cu'p member,said j' i f rusto-con1cal members having openings in, r o pes fl hr ugth se bp ngs d o p:

their sides, said main cup members havingopenings in their sides abovesaid partitions, 1' and auxiliary cup memberspositionedin the lowerportions of said cup: members and 7 provided with openingsin their lowerpor-' tionsand their side portions, the lower portionsfof said auxiliarycup members serving to close the lower ends of the first-mentionedfrusto-conicaljmembers. j I 1 r 2- n' a ashing i1np1eme tamain n t:

ed cup,"meml 3er a curved horizontal fpartition positionedin'said maininverted cup i m m r 7 an pr i edg it ope ngs,

fr -cjon l m m er..dependi g {from the 'c1 larnpren ng z f. S i patl'on, anauxil iaf y c pm beraconn cted with said pant e tion and havinga curved bottom portion forming the bottom of the frusto-conical member,said auxiliary cup member and frusto-conioal member having offsetopenings in their side portions, the bottom portion of said auxiliarycup member being provided with openings, said main inverted cup memberhaving openings in its side portions above said partition, and a second10 frusto-conicai member resting upon said partition and having openingsoffset from the openings of said main inverted cup member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM F. CAULEY.

Vvitnessesz' J. G. MABRY, J. P. FAGGARD.

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